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Statistically speaking: Rangers chances not good

ST. LOUIS – The Rangers chances of winning the World Series spiraled decidedly downward after losing Game 1 in St. Louis.

In the last 25 seasons, 16 teams have won Game 1 at home. Only one of those teams – the 1992 Atlanta Braves – failed to go on to win the World Series. The Braves beat Toronto 3-1 in Game 1 behind Tom Glavine, but then lost three straight. Toronto ended up winning its first of back-to-back World Series titles in six games.

The Rangers, as our Brad Townsend noted earlier this week, have some similarities to those 1992 Blue Jays, so maybe there is hope they’ll follow in their footstep and be the exception.

Because they certainly don’t want to be the “rule.” Of those 15 teams that won Game 1 at home and then went on to win the World Series, nine put their opponent away in four or five games. That includes the San Francisco Giants, who beat the Rangers 11-7 in Game 1 last year. The Giants went on to win the World Series in five games.